Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of 16 July 2026 in response to the Rt hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills during the statement on Gibraltar: UK-EU Treaty, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Gibraltar’s new residency regulations on British citizens wishing to relocate to Gibraltar for (a) employment and (b) retirement.

I refer the Rt Hon Member to the Minister for Europe's remarks during the Grand Committee debate on the UK-EU Agreement in respect of Gibraltar on 20 October, and to the evidence given separately by the Minister for Europe and the Chief Minister of Gibraltar to the House of Lords European Affairs Committee on 15 September.